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Egypt's Stock Market Sees Collective Enhancement

Traders are seen working below the Egyptian Exchange bell in Cairo. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
Traders are seen working below the Egyptian Exchange bell in Cairo. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
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Egypt's Stock Market Sees Collective Enhancement

Traders are seen working below the Egyptian Exchange bell in Cairo. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters
Traders are seen working below the Egyptian Exchange bell in Cairo. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters

The Egyptian stock market (EGX) attained gains worth EGP16.4 billion (USD916 million), making the market capital of firms’ shares around EGP757.1 billion (USD42.3 billion) compared to EGP740.7 billion (USD41.38 billion) during the past week- a rise of 2.2 percent.

The weekly report of EGX showed a collective enhancement of the primary and secondary market indices in which EGX30 rose 2.16 percent to reach 13,265 points and EGX70 rose around 3.04 percent to reach 694 points.

Increases also included EGX100 (2.77 percent) reaching 1,731 points and EGX20 (1.98 percent) reaching 13,344 points.

Trading value rose during the past week to reach EGP4.2 billion (USD235 million), compared to the trading value of EGP2.6 billion (USD145 million). The report added that NILEX’s trading value was EGP2.5 million (USD140,000).

Egyptian investors' trading acquired 70.68 percent of total market trading while non-Arab foreign investors acquired 23.38 percent and Arabs 5.94 percent.

The report hailed that foreign investors trading recorded net purchases worth EGP580.57 million (USD32.4 million) while Arab investors recorded net purchases worth EGP29.67 million (USD1.66 million).

Last week’s concluding session - on Thursday - witnessed a variation in EGX performance after limited purchases of investment funds and Egyptian institutions, as well as selective selling of foreign investors.

Capital markets analyst Hosni El Sayed said that investors showed reservations towards trading, adding that the market might continue its varied performance until the Christmas holidays are over in the second half of next week, and foreigners are back from their vacations.

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Saudi Stocks Rebound 0.9%, Recouping Previous Session's Losses

An investor monitors stock market data on a screen at the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) in Riyadh (Reuters)
An investor monitors stock market data on a screen at the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) in Riyadh (Reuters)
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Saudi Stocks Rebound 0.9%, Recouping Previous Session's Losses

An investor monitors stock market data on a screen at the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) in Riyadh (Reuters)
An investor monitors stock market data on a screen at the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) in Riyadh (Reuters)

Saudi stocks closed higher on Monday, recovering some of the losses sustained in the previous session as heavyweight shares strengthened and the banking sector advanced.

The benchmark Tadawul All Share Index (TASI) rose 0.90% to close at 10,106 points, gaining 90 points. Total trading value reached approximately SAR 3.5 billion ($933 million).

The index had fallen 0.8% on Sunday amid selling pressure on heavyweight stocks.

Anaam International Holding Group, Fitaihi Holding Group and Raoom were among the session's top gainers, rising between 7% and 9% to close at SAR 11.93, SAR 2.11 and SAR 72.30, respectively.

On the losing side, Almunajem Foods led the declines, shedding 9.20% to SAR 49.94, followed by Saudi Paper Manufacturing Co., which fell 6.18% to SAR 48.88, and Alamar Foods, which dropped 4.63% to SAR 44.06.

At the sector level, banks led the gains, advancing 1.60%, supported by a 2.06% rise in Bank AlJazira shares, which closed at SAR 10.89.

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Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025. (AFP)
Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025. (AFP)
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Tesla to Refund Many Cybertruck Deposits as Demand Exceeds Production, Musk Says

Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025. (AFP)
Tesla Cybertruck electric vehicles sit parked in a storage lot in San Diego, California on April 11, 2025. (AFP)

Tesla will have to refund Cybertruck deposits for many customers as orders far exceed production capacity, CEO Elon Musk said, following last week's announcement that the electric vehicle maker is winding down the pickup truck's production at its Texas factory.

"We will try ‌to make ‌as many as ‌possible ⁠before shutting down the ⁠line in about 8 months, but will have to return deposits for a lot of people," the billionaire said in a post on X on Monday.

The comments ⁠come after Musk said ‌Tesla would ‌add an extra production shift to fulfill outstanding ‌Cybertruck orders before dismantling the production ‌line next year to expand output of its Cybercab robotaxi.

The production winddown is slated for mid-2027, Musk announced on ‌Friday, with the resources being redirected to the Cybercab, a vehicle ⁠central ⁠to the automaker's autonomous-driving ambitions.

Tesla began delivering the Cybertruck in late 2023, but demand has fallen far short of Musk's expectations. US sales fell 48% to 20,237 units last year, according to Kelley Blue Book, well below Musk's earlier projection that annual Cybertruck sales could reach 250,000 vehicles.

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China Extends Suspension of New Rare Earth Controls Until January

A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. (Reuters)
A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. (Reuters)
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China Extends Suspension of New Rare Earth Controls Until January

A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. (Reuters)
A mining machine is seen at the Bayan Obo mine containing rare earth minerals, in Inner Mongolia, China July 16, 2011. (Reuters)

China on Monday announced a two-month extension of export-control waivers due to expire this month, preserving part of a wide-ranging deal struck after a summit between Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump.

China introduced export controls on certain rare earths ‌in April 2025, ‌only to expand ‌them ⁠further in October ⁠of that year, dramatically widening their scope and also adding new controls on certain diamonds with industrial applications and lithium battery technology.

The measures were then ⁠paused for one year last ‌November after ‌a summit in South Korea ‌between Xi and Trump.

The Ministry of ‌Commerce said in a short statement on Monday that the pause would be extended for two months ‌until January 10. It gave no other details.

The extension ⁠is ⁠part of a broader suspension of trade countermeasures and tariffs announced by China on Monday as it negotiates with Washington over an enduring trade deal.

Trump is set to travel to Shenzhen in southern China later this month for an APEC leaders summit, where he is expected to meet with Xi.